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   Be·low

   /bəˈlō/

   

   preposition

   • 1. at a lower level or layer than: "just below the pocket was a stain"
   • ▪ lower in grade or rank than: "they rated its financial soundness below its competitor's" Similar lower thanunderinferior tosubordinate tosecondary tosubservient tosubject tocontrolled byat the mercy ofunder the heel ofOpposite above
   • ▪ lower than (a specified amount, rate, or norm): "below freezing" Similar less thanlower thanundernot as much asnot so much assmaller thaninformal:shy ofOpposite abovemore than
   • 2. extending underneath: "the tunnel below the crags" Similar beneathunderunderneathfurther down thanlower thanOpposite aboveover

   adverb

   • 1. at a lower level or layer: "he jumped from the window into the moat below" Similar further downlower downin a lower positionunderneathbeneathdownstairs
   • ▪ on earth: "the lot of all that dwells here below"
   • ▪ in hell: "traitors gnash their teeth below"
   • ▪ lower than zero (especially zero degrees Fahrenheit) in temperature: "there's a north wind blowing, and it's 30 below"
   • ▪ (in printed text) mentioned later or further down on the same page: "our nutritionist is pictured below right" Similar underneathfollowingfurther onat a later pointin a later placeat the bottomat the end
   • ▪ below deck: "I'll go below and fix us a drink"

   Word Origin late Middle English (as an adverb): from be- ‘by’ + the adjective low1. Not common until the 16th century, the word developed a prepositional use and was frequent in Shakespeare.

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • B

     3

   • E

     1

   • L

     1

   • O

     1

   • W

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